ARETTAS

COUNTERMEASURE

The night went by so fast, that's how fast mom and Aretta should be trying to get up from the slump.

"There's still a lot to fight for. Passion !!!" Aretta cheered herself up.

That day Aretta woke up early. He does all the housework. Starting from sweeping the inside of the house, outside the house, washing dishes, washing clothes, to drying them, and tidying up stalls that he had never done before.

The new mother came from the market surprised by the unusual state of the house. He was astonished to see the position of the object that was already in place.

"Are, this who's got it all ?" Ask mom wonder.

Meanwhile, Aretta just smiled without a word.

"Are the ones who fucked this all up ?" Ask mom again.

"Yes, ma'am. Beautiful son of this all-female mother. Who else is it ?" Aretta said in her powerful voice.

"Thank you, beautiful. I am so moved." Saying tears to my mother.

"Already, mom. This is no longer the time for us to be sad. Let me choose my own happiness. We also need to be happy in our own way. Are not pa-pa kok bu, if you have to be far from dad. Importantly, Are can be the same mom hold." Aretta plain.

Hearing that, the mother immediately grabbed Aretta's shoulder and held her tightly.

"Yes, ma'am. From now on, we have to be spirit !" Said Aretta clenching her hands excitedly.

"Spirit !" Mom followed Aretta's movements.

SCHOOLBOYS

Aretta sat still in her classroom when the break bell rang. He was no longer excited by whatever was in front of him. Until finally the voice of the girl broke her daydream.

"Aretta !" Said the girl who was none other than Lala trying to surprise.

"Eh, you're Lala." Aretta said in a relaxed manner.

"You daydreaming ? Nino yaaa. . ?" Lala seduces Aretta.

"Oh my goodness Nino ! I forgot about Nino." Inner Aretta.

"Ah, you're La. Oh yeah, can I ask you a favor ?" Ask Aretta.

"Of course you can, what would you like to ask for help ?" Said Lala who seemed to know what Aretta would say.

"I want a letter for Nino, can you help me, right ?" Aretta whispered to Lala.

"Of course, here I am anterin." Lala said, whispering as well.

Aretta immediately took out a piece of paper with a plain white envelope and gave it to Lala.

Lala immediately grabbed it and ran towards Nino's class.

Aretta was daydreaming again, her mind blurred out of nowhere, her eyes looking far through the window of her class.

Suddenly his eyes stopped on a boy standing in front of him.

"Thank you, Aretta !" Said the boy from outside the window. And soon passed.

A few moments before

"Nino, Nino, here's a letter for you !" Said Lala who came in a hurry.

"Where, Lala ? Here !" Said Nino who immediately took a letter from Lala's hand.

Nino then opened the plain white envelope, and opened little by little the folds of paper inside, and immediately read word by word on the piece of paper.

**Type to Nino

I'm confused where to start

Obviously, I am very grateful that there is still someone watching me.

Even when I didn't realize it.

Right now I don't really understand what true love means.

I don't know much about you either.

But I want to try to start it all.

In fact, I am very conscious.

But I want to be your closest friend.

And hopefully, this can be a motivation for us.

So that we can have a spirit of learning.

-Aretta*-

As soon as he found out the contents of the letter from Aretta, Nino was so excited. Until he ran around the classroom, and finally decided to meet Aretta.

The Aretta class

Aretta only smiled as she found out, the boy who sent her the letter, ventured to approach her.

His heart was beating hard at that moment.

Two children who are still brought in age, who are trying to do monkey love.

For Aretta, even if just meeting and smiling can make her happy, then that is what is called love.

Simple indeed, but whatever it is that can make himself more excited, he will try to do.

Moreover, at this time the heart wound that father incised, had not dried up. When all those bitter memories flashed just a little, then there was no reason for Aretta not to shed tears.

Perhaps by agreeing with Nino's request, the spirit in Aretta will rise again.

The bell rang. All students are no exception Aretta scattering out of class to then go home each.

As usual, Aretta went home with Tati. This time he came home on foot, because suddenly this morning as soon as mom came home from the market, her bicycle tire leaked.

Aretta was telling stories and laughing all the way with Tati. There were a lot of things he talked about all the way home. Until suddenly his laughter stopped, when his face looked back.

The figure of the boy who had currently tied his heart to her, had been right behind Aretta.

Aretta just blushed in embarrassment knowing it, she was bowed all the way.

Tati, who was unaware of Aretta's true circumstances, was confused by Aretta's attitude, which suddenly turned quiet.

"Are, what are you ? How do you shut up anyway ? I was wrong, right ?" Ask her guiltily.

"Not pa-pa." Said Aretta who was still down.

"Don't get it, dong ! Chat why, let's not cape the way." Tati said she was upset with Aretta.

"No pa-pa, Tati. Yes, just walk. I'm just tired of it." Aretta said occasionally looking back.

Meanwhile, Nino who was still walking behind Aretta only smiled at the situation.

Gathering all his courage, he tried to greet Aretta.

"Hi !" Sapa Nino who was beside Aretta.

"Gosh, he's right next to me !" Aretta.

"Hi too !" Aretta replied in embarrassment.

For some reason, after being near Nino, his heart beat quite hard. In fact, when writing a letter last night, he just wanted to agree with Nino's request.

"Your house is still far away ?" Ask Nino.

" Yes, that's fine." Answer Aretta briefly.

"If my house in the front alley turns right." Nino said.

"Ooh."

"Thank you, Aretta. You want to return my letter." Nino smiled.

"Yes, you're welcome." Said Aretta who still did not dare to look at Nino's face.

Meanwhile, Tati who does not know anything, just keep quiet to see the behavior of her friend.

"I'm first, Aretta. Goodbye !" Nino turned towards her house.

Aretta just smiled at Nino's words. He did not understand why his heart could feel this way. Things he never felt before. Between happiness, fear, misstep, everything mixes into one. "Maybe this is called monkey love" he thought.